spiceberry
spiceberry · spiceberries
A compact flowering plant of species Ardisia crenata, native to East AsiaA compact flowering plant of species Ardisia crenata, native to East Asia.
Meaning
2 sensesA compact flowering plant of species Ardisia crenata, native to East Asia.
Its fruit, a glossy, bright red drupe.
spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
Origin
From spice + berry.From spice + berry.
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Forms
plural: spiceberries| Singular | spiceberry |
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regular
Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India:coralberryArdisia crenata
- spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil:wintergreenboxberrycheckerberryteaberry